The Mermaid

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Event The Mermaid
Venue La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event VCE Playlist
First Date 28 July 2020
Last Date 1 August 2020
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description A VCE playlist Production

A manifesto for finding your voice and the power that comes with using it.

…she joined the chorus of the sea-doomed and sung the song that only sirens do, thrashing her tail and howling for ​herself.​

The Mermaid i​s a​ reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s ​The Little Mermaid​, ​created by an award-winning intergenerational team of teenage and adult theatre makers. ​Their re-telling traces the journey of a fifteen year old mermaid and her transformation, obsession, sacrifice, self-destruction and self-actualisation. ​A tragicomedy ​with a teenage chorus
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tove Due Assistant Director
Christopher Bolton Composer
Cassandra Fumi Creator
Tennessee Mynott-Rudland Creator
Cassandra Fumi Director
Vidya Rajan Dramaturg/e
Rachel Burke Lighting Designer
Theo Boltman Performer
Allegra Di Lallo Performer
Emily Goddard Performer
Harriet Lawson-Acar Performer
Margaret Mills Performer
Casper Plum Performer
Casper Plum Photographer
Dann Barber Set Designer
Tennessee Mynott-Rudland
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Thie original season (6/5/20 - 16/5/20) was postponed due to COVID19. Following this a shortened season was run from July 28 to August 1.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153463